Trusting God in a High-Risk Pregnancy
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
It's normal to be anxious if you're facing a high-risk pregnancy. John and Danny offer advice for coming alongside friends struggling with fear.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more |
| 0:05.4 | helpful advice at focus on the family.com slash parenting podcast. |
| 0:10.8 | Well I'm not a doctor but but from what I understand, high-risk pregnancy is not just for women |
| 0:17.4 | over a certain age. |
| 0:18.8 | It can be for some women as young as 35, and it must be terrifying to hear those words come out of a doctor's mouth and |
| 0:26.2 | have that OBGYN describe all the risks and potential health complications. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm John Fuller joined by Danny Werta. |
| 0:35.0 | Danny's the head of our parenting and youth department here at Focus on the Family. |
| 0:39.0 | And Danny, I'm pretty sure for most of the moms I've known that there is a level of concern is everything going to |
| 0:45.8 | turn out okay but that label of high risk that probably strikes a little bit more |
| 0:50.9 | fear into a mom and dad's lives, right? |
| 0:55.0 | Well, it makes sense. |
| 0:56.0 | I mean, there are a lot of unknowns that go with that, |
| 0:59.0 | whether it's high risk for the mom, high risk for the child, there's so many question marks that come with that and with |
| 1:06.3 | uncertainty our stress level goes up I'm reassured by Psalm 139 verse 13 and 14 and it says for you for my inward parts you |
| 1:16.0 | knitted me together in my mother's womb I praise you for I am fearfully and |
| 1:20.4 | wonderfully made wonderful are your works. |
| 1:22.8 | And this is the key piece. |
| 1:24.2 | My soul knows it very well. |
| 1:27.1 | Our soul and our emotions aren't always in connection, right? |
| 1:31.4 | We have emotions that make perfect sense with the thoughts that are |
| 1:34.2 | stirring up. Have your soul know that God truly is in control? Do you really believe that and is God really listening to your prayers during |
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